Show MINIATURE greenhouse FOR STARTING SEEDS INDOORS small boxes are better than laage ones because the earth makes tho the boxes heavy and the smaller they are the easier they aro are to handle starch boxes are of at a good size fig 1 shows the simpler form ot of miniature greenhouse cut the tops topa of the starch box ends slanted so that the front edge Is about 2 inches high and the rear edair 5 inches high and cut down the front and back even wath the edges of the ends as indicated by dotted lines in fig 2 many of you yott girls will find it no trick at all to cut down the starch box in this way but it if you think you cannot do it ask father or brother to lend a hand with we the cutting done got get a piece of glass glasa largo large enough to fit over the top and project a trifle over the front and ends enda possibly you can find an unused frame with a gl glass glashof assof of the right size or several camera plates that can be fastened together with passe paper to make a piece large enough to cover the box if not a painter will sell you a piece for a nickel i the model shown in fig 4 looks more like a florists nursery greenhouse the starch box which forms the foundation must be cut down as I 1 indicated n by dottery dotted lines in fig 6 5 so e the remaining depth will be about two f and one half inches fig 6 with the box thus prepared cut abt two end places pieces out of thick cardboard A fig 7 and tack these to the box ends make the peak of each above the bottom edge tha bs box may be stood on end upon tho the cardboard forthe for the purpose or of marking out tho the lower portion of end pieces A when the cardboard ends enda have been marked out cut and tacked to the box ends procure two pieces of glass of the right size to project over the ends A and sides of the box boje as shown in fig fie 4 join these two pieces 11 and C fig 8 at the peak with a strip of tape lapped over them 13 fig 8 unless the boxe are lined with metal they are likely to leak after you water the planted seeds so it Is a good idea to place a cake tin or something of thebert the sort beneath to catch the drippings droppings drip pings and to attach brool feet to keep the bottoms high and dry D V 0 give the a of th the 0 boxes a couple of coats coata ot white enamel select the loam in lest soil that you can find in lavt last eurn mers garden tor for filling your iLin lature greenhouses also gets get some pebbles or broken stona scatter i t layer of the stone over akl box bollom then spread the soll soil to a c depal of 6 5 or G inches on an top 61 0 the stone plant your seeds not closer than 2 1 in inches hes apart and not deeper than four diameters of the seeds water frequently to keep the continuously moist n allow plenty of sunlight to io enter through the be glass roofs |